William Butler Yeats Quotes
The woods of Arcady are dead, And over is their antique joy; Of old the world on dreaming fed Gray Truth is now her painted toy.
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Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.
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It's always been my dream to just continually do really cool indie movies - character-driven stuff.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us.
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Everyone has an idea that they think would be a great movie. Everyone has a cousin who they think you should work with.
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There are times, especially when I was just getting into PC gaming, where I spent way less time playing than obsessing about the quality of the play.
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By channeling my inner heiress, I created a new opportunity for young heiresses.
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Life is a canvas of many strokes where shades from different palettes meet into a picture so concrete that some forget it is their own, so become framed themselves.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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I've only dressed in drag three or four times.
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If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself.
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I feel like I should be more in touch with the nuances of this game.
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We are constantly competing with the monsters from the id.
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I'm a firm believer that the world should be your oyster when you're cooking. People should open themselves to other cuisines - there are a lot of hidden secrets all over the world.
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We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
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I get to meet different directors and different people.
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I meant that the Chinese people are not aware of their own entrapment. They believe they live in a free society, but don't realize how much they are being monitored and controlled, how much the information they receive is restricted and warped, until they step out of line, that is, and feel the heavy hand of the state fall on them.
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Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.
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When I decided to come back, I wanted to prove to the rest of the world I'm still the best.
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That's one thing about fiction: you can make the world be the way you think it should be.
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I am always looking for stories that have not been told too much, and one story that I think is really gripping and important is what police officers go through.
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I like to know about football and everything about a club when I play there, so I talk to people when they come up to me in the street.
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The woods of Arcady are dead, And over is their antique joy; Of old the world on dreaming fed Gray Truth is now her painted toy.
